Ep20: Connecting US Businesses and Development Opportunities

Ep2: Investing in Innovative Climate Solutions: In our second episode of Earth, Wind and Solar, Sarah Fandell, vice president and general counsel of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) joins hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation on DFC’s approach to... by Earth, Wind and Solar

32 min listen

Ep4: Building Local Capital Markets and Supporting Entrepreneurship: Angel Bohorquez, senior investment officer of FinDev Canada, joins us on Earth, Wind and Solar to discuss FinDev Canada’s mission to make an impact in developing markets by providing local entrepreneurs with easier access to capital and by focusing on... by Earth, Wind and Solar

22 min listen

Ep5: Innovating in Infrastructure Finance: Ramon Candia, chief investment officer of Cifi, joins hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid on Earth, Wind and Solar for a conversation about infrastructure development finance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cifi has been innovating in the... by Earth, Wind and Solar

25 min listen

Ep1: Reinventing Development Finance: In our inaugural episode, join hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation with Jamie Fergusson, director of global market and business development at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to discuss what “upstream” projects... by Earth, Wind and Solar

25 min listen

Ep3: Creating Private Debt Partnerships in Latin America: Rick Frank, the CEO and founder of Darby International Capital, joins our hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid on Earth, Wind and Solar for a conversation about the finance and investment market in Latin America. The discussion focuses on... by Earth, Wind and Solar

22 min listen

Ep6: Sustainable Energy Development in the Caribbean: Andrew Sprott, practice leader of Castalia, joins hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid on Earth, Wind and Solar for a conversation about sustainable energy development in the Caribbean. They discuss the current state of the market, an $11... by Earth, Wind and Solar

19 min listen

Ep8: Creating Value through Alternative Investing: Claudio Rechden, general counsel of Deva Capital, joins us for a conversation about distressed debt investing. We discuss how value is created by deploying innovative structures and the unique challenges and opportunities in emerging markets. The... by Earth, Wind and Solar

39 min listen

Ep12: Investing in Africa – Renewable Power to Entrepreneurship: Join us for a conversation with Walid Labadi, assistant general counsel, Africa, at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), about IFC’s investments in North Africa, specifically Egypt and Yemen, in recent years. We delve into wide-scale renewable... by Earth, Wind and Solar

28 min listen

Ep11: Working with Collateral Agents in Emerging Markets: Bryan Gartenberg, director of business development at Delaware Trust Company, joins our hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid to discuss the important role of a collateral and trust agent in a project finance deal. We get into what you should... by Earth, Wind and Solar

19 min listen

Ep9: Unlocking Carbon Credits: Laura Kiwelu, partner in our London office who works on carbon credit transactions, joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about voluntary carbon markets. We explore what drives the growth of carbon markets, who the players are... by Earth, Wind and Solar

32 min listen

Ep22: Developing Clean Transportation in Latin America: Cesar Vargas, senior executive, structured finance and infrastructure at CAF – Development Bank of Latin America, joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about clean transportation and e-mobility in Latin America. We discuss the... by Earth, Wind and Solar

31 min listen

Ep7: Development through Philanthropy: In this episode, we are joined by Gargee Ghosh, president of global policy and advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for a conversation about philanthropy in sustainable development. A recent US$20 billion donation by Bill Gates will allow... by Earth, Wind and Solar

31 min listen

Ep10: The Story of Jordan’s First Wind Farm: In this episode of Earth, Wind and Solar, we have a captivating conversation with Samer Judeh, co-founder and chairman of the Jordan Wind Project Company, about the 117-megawatt Tafila wind farm. Tafila was the first and largest privately-sponsored... by Earth, Wind and Solar

34 min listen

Ep15: Conversation about mining with Barrick Gold: In this episode, we have a conversation about the mining industry with https://www.barrick.com/English/about/executive-team/default.aspx, general counsel of https://www.barrick.com/English/home/default.aspx. We discuss Barrick’s assets in emerging... by Earth, Wind and Solar

25 min listen

Ep13: Hydrogen: Why is everyone talking about it?: Michillay Brown, corporate relations principal at Anglo American, Nuria Hartmann, manager, strategy and business consulting at HINICIO, and Ivana Jemelkova, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, join hosts Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid... by Earth, Wind and Solar

31 min listen

Ep19: Distributed Generation Market in Brazil: Camila Ramos, founder and managing director of Clean Energy Latin America (CELA), joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about renewable energy in Brazil. We discuss why distributed generation has made more inroads there than... by Earth, Wind and Solar

28 min listen

Ep17: Developing Successful Public Private Partnerships: Patricia Sulser, investment committee member at BlueOrchard and former chief counsel at International Finance Corporation, joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about public private partnerships (PPPs). We discuss how PPPs are... by Earth, Wind and Solar

45 min listen

Ep14: Hydrogen Continued – Opportunities for Emerging Markets: We continue our conversation about hydrogen with https://www.linkedin.com/in/michillay-brown-a2307686, corporate relations principal at Anglo American, https://hinicio.com/nuria-hartmann/, manager, strategy and business consulting at HINICIO, and... by Earth, Wind and Solar

35 min listen

Ep16: Green Bonds and Sustainable Investing: https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-us/people/122497 and https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-us/people/123139 join https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-US/people/1006920 and https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-us/people/1015979 for a... by Earth, Wind and Solar

29 min listen

Ep21: Mexico’s Mining Law Overhaul: Dante Trevedan and Hernán González, partners in our Mexico City office, join Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about recent amendments to Mexico’s mining law. We discuss what has changed, what it means for the mining industry,... by Earth, Wind and Solar

26 min listen

Ep21: Connecting US Businesses and Development Opportunities: Sam Kwon, general counsel of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about USTDA’s role and approach to supporting project development in emerging markets. We discuss USTDA’s current... by Earth, Wind and Solar

29 min listen

Ep18: PRI: A Risky Business: In this episode of Earth, Wind and Solar we discuss the “what, why, when and how” of political risk insurance (PRI) with two seasoned professionals: Hoda Atia Moustafa, global head of portfolio management at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee... by Earth, Wind and Solar

31 min listen

Ep27: Data Center Financing: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpareja/, principal investment officer and telecom lead for Latin America and the Caribbean, and https://www.linkedin.com/in/obinnaisiadinso, global sector lead for cloud and data center investments and a senior investment... by Earth, Wind and Solar

38 min listen

Ep24: Equator Principles: Will Troutman and Stuart Neely, partners with robust experience in human rights and ESG-related compliance issues, join Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about the Equator Principles (EP4) and how they affect project developers.... by Earth, Wind and Solar

26 min listen

Ep23 - Gender-lens investing: In this episode, we explore gender-lens investing with https://www.finnfund.fi/en/, a Finnish development financier and impact investor in emerging markets. Dr. Anne Valto and Lauri Etelämäki, senior advisors leading Finnfund’s work in this area,... by Earth, Wind and Solar

31 min listen

Ep24: Do Multilateral Development Banks Need to Reform?: Raj Kumar, founding President and Editor-in-Chief of Devex, joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about reforming multilateral development banks. We explore the recent G20-IEG two-volume The Triple Agenda report on... by Earth, Wind and Solar

35 min listen

Ep26: 2X Certification and Gender Lens Investing: Jessica Espinoza, chief executive officer, and Sana Kapadia, director of strategy, of 2X Global, a global membership organization focused on facilitating gender-smart investing, join Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about "2X... by Earth, Wind and Solar

34 min listen

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Ep20: Connecting US Businesses and Development Opportunities

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